Leseprobe

Foreword. Introduction. Let the Rebuilding Begin. Chapter One: Our Finances Are Bigger than a Brokerage Account. Chapter Two: We Can''t Have It All. Chapter Three: Money Can Buy Happiness--If We Spend It Carefully. Chapter Four: Even the Best Investors Need to Be Great Savers. Chapter Five: Time Is as Valuable as Money. Chapter Six: No Investment Is Risk-Free. Chapter Seven: Portfolio Performance: It''s All in the Mix. Chapter Eight: Stocks Are Worth Something. Chapter Nine: To Add Wealth, We Need to Overcome the Subtractions. Chapter Ten: Aiming for Average Is the Only Sure Way to Win. Chapter Eleven: Wild Investments Can Tame Our Portfolios. Chapter Twelve: Short-Term Results Matter to Long-Term Investors. Chapter Thirteen: A Long Life Is a Big Risk. Chapter Fourteen: Markets May Be Rational, but We Aren''t. Chapter Fifteen: Our Homes Are a Fine Investment that Won''t Appreciate Much. Chapter Sixteen: Paying off Debts Could Be Our Best Bond Investment. Chapter Seventeen: Saving Taxes Can Cost Us Dearly. Chapter Eighteen: A Tax Deferred Is Extra Money Made. Chapter Nineteen: Insurance Won''t Make Us Any Money--If We''re Lucky. Chapter Twenty: Even If We Have a Will, We May Not Get Our Way. Chapter Twenty-One: Financial Success: It''s About More than Money. Conclusion. Wall Street? That Isn''t So Far from Main Street. Acknowledgments.